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, 26-01-08 at 15:49 (Go_slows blog for recipes and general cooking stuff)

The following guide is something I have put together to help provide a starting point for people wanting to cook curries at home. I don’t cook to exact measurements and generally curries are not overly affected if you vary what goes in. For example you may use 2 large onions instead of 3 medium onions or add more or less chilli, its all to taste really.

The first recipe is the way my mum taught me to cook curry. I’m the youngest of 6 children, after raising 4 girls I guess
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I like (just as well) make do & mend & I adore a bang for me buck. Here's what I've found over the years.

Part 1: Laptops

The least easy to take apart. And the shortest lived. Some even have vital things soldered in-notably apples. Generally speaking if it was a decent quality (not necc high spec) machine to start with it's prob worth it. But screens do not last forever (not a prob, simp plug in an external monitor) the socket where you plug the power in
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Here you go Smix. It's basically a simple beurre blanc. It will ruin any diet you're trying, so just indulge yerself.

Goes very well with sole or plaice, but it's good with 'chunkier' fish like cod or hake too. If you're using a batter, try and keep it light, like tempura. I soak the fish in full fat milk and then dredge it through plain flour. Your choice obvs.

This will make about enough for an average sauce boat. So serves 4, or 2 for greedy
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Here’s the thing-whatever science you did at GSCE, A level & to a certain extent 1st year Uni is something of a series of reducing simplifications, which at GSCE is pretty much ‘lies to children.’ It is something of a shock in your 2nd year to see a textbook on the reading list described as ‘An Elementary Primer to xyz’, when your last book had ‘Advanced’ as the 1st word in its title….**